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Confederate Cush Recipe

United States

Confederate cush is a dish that became popular among the armies of the South during the American Civil War, since it used ingredients that many Southerners had on hand.

Ingredients

  • Fat bacon, chopped
  • Cubed cooked beef
  • Cornmeal mush
  • 1 qt water
  • 1 clove garlic (optional)

Procedure

  1. Put bacon into a hot iron skillet, and fry the grease out of it.
  2. Add the beef, then slowly add 4 cups of water. Bring to a boil.
  3. Add cornmeal mush and stir until dry.
  4. Remove skillet from fire, and let cool.
  5. Serve warm, like hash.

Adapted from Wikibooks Cookbook · Cookbook:Confederate Cush, CC BY-SA 3.0.